Eva Fišerová、Martina Chvosteková、Silvie Bělašková 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Objective. The aim of this study was to validate a survival analysis assessing the effect of type of rotary system, canal curvature, and instrument size on cyclic resistance. Materials and Methods. Cyclic fatigue testing was carried out in stainless steel artificial canals with radii of curvature of 3 or 5 mm and the…
Su-Tae Kang、Jun-Yeong Seo、Sun-Hong Park2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
This study investigated the effects of acid-treated MWCNTs on the workability, compressive and tensile strength, porosity, and microstructure of CNT/cement composites. While workability decreased with acid treatment of CNTs, compressive and tensile strength improved significantly. Strength was also enhanced by using a…
S. Sivakumar、B. Kameshwari2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Invention of new methods in strengthening concrete is under work for decades. Developing countries like India use the extensive reinforced construction works materials such as fly ash and bottom ash and other ingredients in RCC construction. In the construction industry, major attention has been devoted to the use of…
Seng-Su Tsang、Feng-Chen Chang、Wen-Cheng Wang2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Fuel cell R&D activities desirably arrive in patents; the costly maintenance fee challenges managers as well as researchers to whether or not renew existing patents. The key is, will the fuel cell patent’s value be worth renewing? Thus assessment of patent value is essential. Our study focus online searching was made…
Sunqi Zhuang、Yuan Zhang、Qin Zhu 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Under the condition of Nanjing, the effect by the velocity variation of night ventilation on the thermal response of the south wall built by phase-change materials (PCMs) blocks with different configurations has been investigated and analyzed. It shows that the thermal performance when the PCM is placed nearby inner s…
Yugui Yang、Feng Gao、Yuanming Lai2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
It is recognized experimentally that the compressibility of warm and ice-rich frozen soil is remarkable under loading, which will cause a significant deformation and affect the stability of infrastructure constructed in cold region. In this paper, the real-time computerized tomography tests of warm and ice-rich frozen…
Xinliang Yu、Aimiao Qin、Lei Liao 等 7 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Composites of nanostructure zinc oxide (nano-ZnO) and bamboo charcoal (BC) were successfully prepared via impregnation-precipitation method. The products were characterized by XRD, SEM, and EDS. Rhodamine B (RhB) and acid fuchsin (AF) were selected as the organic dyes of photocatalysis degradation under the irradiatio…
ZnO doping and properties
Fayuan Zhu、Zhaohui Wang、Mi Lv2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
In order to control the precision forging forming quality and improve the service life of die, a multiobjective optimization method for process parameters design was presented by applying Latin hypercube design method and response surface model approach. Meanwhile the deformation homogeneity and material damage of for…
Nattapong Damrongwiriyanupap、Suchart Limkatanyu、Yunping Xi2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Corrosion damage due to chloride attack is one of the most concerning issues for long term durability of reinforced concrete structures. By developing the reliable mathematical model of chloride penetration into concrete structures, it can help structural engineers and management agencies with predicting the service l…
Sheng-Bo Zhou、Ai-Qin Shen、Geng-Fei Li2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The aim of the current study lies in the development of a reformative technique of image segmentation for Computed Tomography (CT) concrete images with the strength grades of C30 and C40. The results, through the comparison of the traditional threshold algorithms, indicate that three threshold algorithms and five edge…
Patchara Onprom、Krit Chaimoon、Raungrut Cheerarot2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
This research focuses on evaluating the feasibility of utilizing bottom ash from coal burning power plants as a fine aggregate in cellular concrete with various foam contents. Flows of all mixtures were controlled within 45 ± 5% and used foam content at 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, and 70% by volume of mixture. Bottom ash from…
Xiaogang Zhang、Chengqiang Wang、Shuping Wang 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
This paper aims to theoretically and numerically assess the effect of setting artificial-induced joints (AIJs) during construction period of a mass concrete structure to release the early-stage thermal stress. With respect to the coupling influences of various factors such as size and boundary of AIJs, an analytical m…
Jui-Chang Lin、Kingsun Lee2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The three-dimensional tube (or pipe) is manufactured by CNC tube bending machine. The key techniques are determined by tube diameter, wall thickness, material, and bending radius. The obtained technique through experience and the trial and error method is unreliable. Finite element method (FEM) simulation for the tube…
Abubakar Yakubu、Zulkifly Abbas、Nor Azowa Ibrahim 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
In industrial equipment and home appliance applications, the electromagnetic compatibility compliance directive (ECCD) demands that electromagnetic interference side effects be eliminated or marginally minimized. The equipment must not disturb radio and telecommunication as well as other appliances. Additionally the E…
High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomenaElectromagnetic wave absorption materialsDielectric materials and actuators
Lin Liu、Weiya Xu2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
It is important to confirm the long-term strength of rock materials for the purpose of evaluating the long-term stability of rock engineering. In this study, a series of triaxial creep tests were conducted on granite gneiss under different pore pressures. Based on the test data, we proposed two new quantitative method…
Jiusheng Bao、Zengsong Li、Dongyang Hu 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
By simulating emergency braking conditions of mine hoisters, tribological experiments of a mining nonasbestos brake material sliding on E355CC steel friction disc investigated a pad-on-disc friction tester. It is shown that, under combined influence of braking velocity and pressure, the lubricating film and micro-conv…
Z. H. Xie、Y. C. Guo、Q. Z. Yuan 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Evaluations of both macroscopic and mesoscopic strengths of materials have been the topic of a great deal of recent research. This paper presents the results of a study, based on the Walraven equation of the production of a mesoscopic random aggregate structure containing various rubber contents and aggregate sizes. O…
Hassan Ziari、Shams Nowbakht、Sajad Rezaei 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
There are many steel-manufacturing factories in Iran. All of their byproducts, steel slag, are dumped randomly in open areas, causing many environmentally hazardous problems. This research is intended to study the effectiveness of using steel slag aggregate (SSA) in improving the engineering properties, especially fat…
S. A. Vorozhtsov、Ilya Zhukov、Alexander Vorozhtsov 等 6 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
This paper presents a comparative analysis of morphology, chemical and phase compositions, and particle size distribution of nanopowders produced by electric explosion of wire (EEW) and plasma-chemical methods. The possibility of introduction of Al 2 O 3 particles into Al alloy by means of a special master alloy and w…
Advanced Theoretical and Applied Studies in Material Sciences and GeometryMaterial Properties and ApplicationsPolymer Science and Applications
Kui Wang、Xinfeng Xie、Zhan Si 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
A microwave assisted green process has been developed for production of sugars through liquefying holocellulose catalyzed with sulfonated char derived from the lignin-rich residue produced during pretreatment of lignocellulose. Various reaction parameters including the hydrolysis temperature, hydrolysis time, catalyst…